geek out

verb

geeked out; geeking out; geeks out

informal

: to behave like a geek

especially : to become excited or enthusiastic about a favored subject or activity

Rail buffs get to geek out aboard a 1924 Pullman-Standard Victorian Coach or a 1952 Granite Eagle, the latter a three-level dining car with a glass observation dome on the upper deck and a sunken lounge on the lower level. —

The Wall Street Journal

… fans will really geek out over the reproduced notepad that features Henson's original outlines and story ideas. Not that I did or anything. —

Dalton Ross

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The hunting lodge reveal splits the team into those who geek out about haunted houses and those who do. —

Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024 Even Olympic champions geek out about meeting other athletes. —

Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 22 July 2024 Bring a Trailer is where obsessives buy, sell and geek out over classic cars. —

Ben Cohen, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023 The team prides themselves on sourcing quality mead from all over the world, so go ahead and geek out with your bartender. —

Shawndra Russell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for geek out